s skyscrapers. Neon lights bled through the tinted windows, cas

able. It pressed again

reak the ice. She needed this terrifying general to relax so s

back to the spa

th the subtle vibrations of the hovercar's engine. The thick, black-a

s anxious, you pet them. It

hed across the leather seat, her fingers hoverin

working. His brain screamed at him to pull away, to move, to do anyt

led gently onto the

ng the grain of the fur, appl

o

ensation was blinding. Thousands of hyper-sensitive nerve endings fired all a

es, his fingers digging so hard into his uniform pants that the

nerable part of their anatomy. It was an erogeno

meltdown. The fur was even softer

gently squeezed the black-furred t

groan ripped from

ntly broke out across his forehead. The biological urge to shi

ol, Benedict violently je

l force. He shoved the appendage between his own thig

heaved. His ice-blue eyes were wide, wild, and filled

hand still suspend

t his flushed face, his bared teeth, and the way he

c quickly prov

g her hand back to her chest. "I didn't know yo

s left ey

e da

mb? She thought he pulled a

But the pride of an Empire General clamped his mouth shut. To explain the biological significance of the tail would mean a

ough his nose. He forced his chaotic

t. His voice sounded like g

line of his jaw. What a grumpy cat, she thought. If

nd pressed herself against the opposite

. He saw the physical dis

his chest. He immediately blamed the irra

ange through the rearview mirror. The driver was practically holding his breath, t

n the cabin plumm

litary tactical codes in his head, desperately

l furious about his "injured" tail. She started menta

decelerate. A soft c

now, stormy and unreadable. He looked at Allegra, his

letting in the loud, chaotic noise of the Star Plaza.